Ottawa’s Free Thinking Film Society will screen a controversial film about Iran’s nuclear weapons program at the National Archives in February despite Tehran’s recent efforts to block it, organizers announced on Friday.

The 60-minute documentary will be screened Feb. 6 at 7 p.m. in the Library and Archives Canada theatre, with advance tickets on sale for $15.00. [emphasis mine] Clare Lopez, a Washington D.C. based senior fellow at the Centre for Security Policy who is interviewed in the Raphael Shore film, will fly back to Ottawa to speak after the screening. She was scheduled to appear at the original event Tuesday and, upon return to her Ottawa hotel room, posted a statement on YouTube in which she decries the Library’s move as a “victory for tyranny.” She then delivers a 14 minute talk about the film and the Iranian regime...(read more here)